Karnataka DGP Rank Officer In Soup Over Video

Bengaluru: A video reportedly showing Karnataka Director General of Police (Civil Rights Enforcement) K. Ramachandra Rao in an intimate moment with a woman inside his official chamber went viral on Monday. Rao, the stepfather of actress Ranya Rao, who was arrested last year by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in a gold smuggling case at Kempegowda International Airport after arriving from Dubai, denied the allegations.

Responding to the controversy, Siddaramaiah said disciplinary action would be initiated against the officer after an investigation, irrespective of his rank. “I got to know about it in the morning. We will initiate disciplinary action against him. No one is above law, notwithstanding how senior the police officer is,” he said.

Rao claimed that the video was generated using artificial intelligence. “It is all lies. I do not know who the woman is,” he told reporters. When asked how such a video could exist, he said, “I will know only if it had happened. I do not know about it.”

The 47-second clip is claimed to be around five years old and allegedly dates back to his posting in Belagavi, where he was then serving as Inspector General of Police.

The video purportedly shows Rao, in uniform and seated on his chair, when a woman approaches him. The footage allegedly depicts him hugging and kissing her. The woman is seen wearing a churidar in one segment of the video and a sari in another.

Meanwhile, Rao visited the residence of home minister G. Parameshwar in Bengaluru to explain his version regarding the video, but returned without meeting him.

Reacting further, Rao said he had sought a formal investigation into the circulation of the video and alleged that rivals may be behind the recording and dissemination of the purported footage.